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Leaf from a Book of Hours: Marlay cutting Fl. 5b

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Leaf from a Book of Hours

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Description

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Parchment, 114 x 100 mm, text block on reverse 95 x 65 mm, 12 long lines, ruled in faint brown ink.

CONTENTS: recto – verso: Hours of the Cross, end of Compline, Patris sapientia veritas divina…solatium: mortis in agone. Amen

DECORATION: Large framed miniature with full acanthus and strewn-flower borders: Lamentation.

ORNAMENTATION: Alternate blue and red penwork initials [1 – 2 ll.]

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1912) by Marlay, Charles Brinsley

Dating

16th Century, Early
Production date: circa AD 1503 : probably after 1503

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Project

  • Cambridge Illuminated

Materials used in production

Gold

Components of the work

Support composed of parchment
Page Height 114 mm Width 100 mm
Text Height 95 mm Width 65 mm

Techniques used in production

Penwork
Illumination

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Identification numbers

Accession number: Marlay cutting Fl. 5b
Primary reference Number: 170650
Project ID: 129

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Tuesday 30 April 2024

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Manuscripts and Printed Books

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